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Thanks, and thank you to everyone for your well wishes.  It has helped.  Sorry to be a downer one more time, but I just posted this in TT.  Thanks.

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Folks, thanks to everyone for their well wishes for my friend injured in Boston.  It has truly helped me sort through this.

I'm sure there are more of you that might know someone that was hurt.  I wanted to provide an opportunity, for those of you that have asked, to send your well wishes directly to my friend.  Also, please feel free to list mailing addresses for other people injured so we can show them the BT love.  However, please exercise discretion before listing someone's home or hospital address.

My friend is Nicole.  She's had two surgeries so far and has two breaks in a leg, a broken ankle, soft tissue damage and a severed Achilles.  You may of seen the picture of her with red sleeves, sitting awkwardly, covered in blood essentially at ground zero of the blast.  It could have easily been worse.  Her sister, Erika, was also severely injured and had a partial leg amputation. 

Nicole swam D1 at an SEC school.  She is a personal trainer, triathlon coach and swim instructor.  She is an avid runner and previously qualified for Kona.  She loves dogs.  Most importantly, she is one of the sweetest people I know and never holds back a smile.

If you are so inclined, please drop her a note at the address below.  Thank you.

Study break.

Training has not gone to plan this week so far but I suppose I went to med school for 4 years to pass this exam so I should probably make sure that happens. Operation miscellaneous is on at a coffee shop. 6 hr exam #1 tomorrow. 

Might hop on the trainer later to clear my head if my pre-exam anxiety isn't too excessive. Doubtful, but we will see. 

Study break.

Training has not gone to plan this week so far but I suppose I went to med school for 4 years to pass this exam so I should probably make sure that happens. Operation miscellaneous is on at a coffee shop. 6 hr exam #1 tomorrow. 

Might hop on the trainer later to clear my head if my pre-exam anxiety isn't too excessive. Doubtful, but we will see. 

Study break.

Training has not gone to plan this week so far but I suppose I went to med school for 4 years to pass this exam so I should probably make sure that happens. Operation miscellaneous is on at a coffee shop. 6 hr exam #1 tomorrow. 

Might hop on the trainer later to clear my head if my pre-exam anxiety isn't too excessive. Doubtful, but we will see. 

Study break.

Training has not gone to plan this week so far but I suppose I went to med school for 4 years to pass this exam so I should probably make sure that happens. Operation miscellaneous is on at a coffee shop. 6 hr exam #1 tomorrow. 

Might hop on the trainer later to clear my head if my pre-exam anxiety isn't too excessive. Doubtful, but we will see. 

Study break.

Training has not gone to plan this week so far but I suppose I went to med school for 4 years to pass this exam so I should probably make sure that happens. Operation miscellaneous is on at a coffee shop. 6 hr exam #1 tomorrow. 

Might hop on the trainer later to clear my head if my pre-exam anxiety isn't too excessive. Doubtful, but we will see. 

4 hour ride Saturday, 2 mile OW swim SUnday and another 2 hours either on the trainer or outside, may throw on the wheelcover for the first time...

And also a run!   weeeee!   Probably just short on the treadie but I'll take it

18 weeks to IM CA!

Question for you about your masters swim meets -- are most people who participate "real" swimmers (like swam competitively growing up)?  Our masters group goes to meets on occasion and I've been somewhat interested in joining them, but a) I can't seem to figure out diving in off the blocks without my goggles ending up around my neck, and b) I'm an okay swimmer at best (decent for triathlons, I guess, but certainly nothing like those who grew up swimming).  Just curious if I'd be way out of my league at a masters swim meet!

How are you liking riding with power outdoors?

It's a learning experience      Other than climbs, I find it hard to keep to a certain power level on the flats with lights, etc.

axteraa - 2013-04-18 6:21 AM Does anyone have big (or not so big) plans for the weekend?  I'm hoping to get some outdoor rides in - weather for Saturday is a bit sketchy right now with rain and winds of 50 km/hr gusting to 100 .  Sunday is looking decent though.  Also doing the masters swim meet on Saturday night which should be fun.

Going to be a big volume weekend for me as I'm in the last build of HIM training.  Likely a 70 mile ride with a 1k swim Saturday, and a 13.5 mile run Sunday.  It'll be my longest ride of the year, and I've only ran that far this year once (but felt really good doing so).